Broom bridle and holder.



No. 644,627. Patented Mar. 6, I900. L. DEHME, 1R.

BROOM BRIDLE AND HOLDER.

(Application filed July 6, 1899.)

(No Model.)

Jrwwzior Zmu/SUJune/JW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS OEI-IME, JR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BROOM BRIDLE AND HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 644,627, dated March 6, 1900. Application filed July 6, I899. Serial No. '72 2,909. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS OEHME, J r. a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and 5 State of Pennsylvania, have invented a cer tain new and useful Improvement in Broom Bridles and Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in bridles for brooms and the like, and has for one object to provide an exceedingly simple and effective device of this description which may be readily clamped upon anybroom and will-hold the strawthereof in proper condition to make the broom most effective in sweeping and permit of the adjustment of the bridle in such manner as to compensate for the wearing away of the broom; and a further object of my invention is to combine a holder with the bridle without increasing the cost thereof which will permit the broom to be suspended from a nail or other object when not in use.

With these ends in View this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, the construction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents my improved bridle secured upon a broom, and Fig. 2 an enlarged perspective of the bridle.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied I take a single length of wire and so bend it as to produce the arms A and the retaining-loop B, the latter being adapted to spring around the handle of the broom, as clearly shown. The lower portion of the wire is bent at right angles'to the arms A to produce the sections 0 and D of the bridle, each end of the wire terminating in the hook E, which is adapted to engage one of the arms at the bottom thereof. At the point where the wire passes from the arms to the sections of the bridle the loops F are formed, and these are utilized for supporting the broom when not in use by engagement with a nail or the like.

In practice the sections of the bridle are sprung apart by the disengagement of the hooks E from the arms, and these sections are placed around the broom and forced toward each other until the hooks E are rearranged with the arms, as shown in Fig. 1, which will confine a portion of the broomstraw, and thus stiffen the free portion thereof, and by that means increasing the effectiveness of the broom in use.

The cost of manufacturing a bridle and holder in accordance with my improvement is small, while the advantages thereof are considerable from the fact that the bridle may be applied to any broom and is not injured even though the broom is worn out, but may be removed and placed upon another broom, and from the further fact that it may be adjusted upon the broom as the latter wears away.

" Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is- A broom bridle and holder formed of a single piece of wire comprising arms terminat ing at the top in a retaining-loop, the lower ends of said arms being bent into oppositelydisposed loops and embracing sections, the section of one arm being curved and hooked to the opposite arm above its loop, the said arms and loops being so shaped as to lie approximately in the center of the sides of the broom.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS OEHME, JR.

Witnesses:

MARY E. I-IAMER, E. H. FoRsYTH. 

